Passing through the city are major rail and road routes from Mumbai (Bombay) to Kolkata (Calcutta) and Allahabad. Bhusawal is an important commercial centre for the surrounding cotton-growing region. It also trades in bananas, millet, and peanuts (groundnuts) and has a large-scale oil-processing industry. A large locomotive workshop is located there, as is an arts college affiliated with the University of Pune. Pop. (2001) 172,372; (2011) 187,421.

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